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I think it’s unfortunate that we ended up with a calendar that is not perfectly in sync with seasons. Some calendars like this he Persian/Kurdish ones start wi
by baxtr 2y ago
I think it’s unfortunate that we ended up with a calendar that is not perfectly in sync with seasons.
Some calendars like this he Persian/Kurdish ones start with first day of spring. Beginning of autumn is "mid-year", which intuitively makes a lot of sense.
- alpinisme 2y agoI’m sure there are more aesthetically gratifying ways to align the seasons to the calendar but we’re less than two weeks off from having the first day of winter be the first of the year.
- pinkmuffinere 2y agoAnd even then, what is the significance of “first day of winter”, “last day of spring”, etc. Aren’t these just arbitrary dates?
- baxtr 2y agoNo these days are aligned with the position of earth relative to the sun.
- pinkmuffinere 2y agoInteresting! That makes sense, and I’m pleasantly surprised — I didn’t realize we _actually_ use a date with a reason, instead of just tradition
- BenjiWiebe 2y agoAdding to baxtr's comment: first day of spring = days (daylight) lengthening, day and night equal. First day of summer, longest day/shortest night. First day of autumn, days shortening, day and night equal. First day of winter, shortest day/longest night.
- baxtr 2y agoBut that’s exactly what I am bemoaning :) the first day of winter should not be the start of the year.
- krisoft 2y agoWhy?
- diggan 2y ago> I think it’s unfortunate that we ended up with a calendar that is not perfectly in sync with seasons. We'd all be using different calendars if that was the case, not sure how well that would work in a globally connected world. "Ok, lets meet the 15th of Spring" "Ah, so in 6 months?" "No, I meant German Spring, not Chilean Spring" "Ah, so 15th of Autumn, got it!"
- baxtr 2y agoWell, not quite. I’m merely proposing to have January 1st on spring starting day (northern hemisphere).
- BenjiWiebe 2y agoWhy northern hemisphere and not southern?
- scotty79 2y agoBecause most humans live in the northern hemisphere?
- diggan 2y agoIt'd be kind of weird to have the coldest season (for me and my fellow countrymen) to be called Spring and then the second-coldest season called Winter, and we live in the northern hemisphere :)